Baling-press



No. 457,636. Patented Aug. 11, 1891.

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PETER K. DEDERICK, OF LOUDONVILLE, NEW' YORK.

BALING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 457,636, dated August11, 1891.

Application filed August 14,1886. -Renewed .Tune 6,1891. Serial No.395.289. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER K. DEDERICK, of Loudonville, in the county ofAlbany and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Baling- Presses; and I do hereby declare the followingto' be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specication,and to the letters of' reference marked thereon.

Thisinvention relates to that class of presses bales formed oftransverse sections or layers that are themselves composed of a'seriesof smaller transverse sections or charges. In

this kind itis necessary that some meansbe provided for supportingcentrally the column of pressed material as it is formedin thebalechamber, in order to prevent it from bulging or expanding back onthe retreat of the traversers which force the charges of material intothe said bale-chamber. One form of press for making these bales is shownin another application iiled by me on or'about the 14th day of August,1886, Serial No. 210,903, and consists, essentially, of a press-box, abale-chamber, and two traversers operating within the press-box andserving alternately to force a charge of material from the press-boxinto the bale-chamber and support said charge and the column of pressedmaterial in front of it until relieved of this duty by the othertraverser, and so on during the formation of the column. Another form ofpress is shown in another application led by me on the 30th day ofMarch, 1886, Serial No. 197,179, embodying a divided or two-partpress-box, two traversers, one for each compartment of the press-box,and a common bale-chamber, in

each compartment of the press-box are co1npaoted together. In thislast-mentioned press the traversers are not relied upon to centrallysupport the pressed column, but that duty is performed by the end of thewall or partition which divides the press-box longitudinally into itstwo parts.

the requisite central support to the column of pressed material; and tothis end it consists, primarily, in providing the press with a partitionextending through the press-box as Well as through or partly through thebalechamber, and slotted in the bale-chamber, so as to permit of thepassage of the bindingties, whereby suicient internal resistance issecured within the bale-chamber to prevent back expansion.

It further consists in corrugating or notching the sides of the saidlpartition, so as to increase the friction on the pressed column; and itconsists, finally, in certain novel combinations of parts, which will behereinafterV fully described, and pointed out in the claims at the endof this specification. A'

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

Figure l represents a sectional elevation' of a press-box andbale-chamber constructed' in 1 -4 accordance with my present invention;Fig.

ted in the bale-chamber, as at c, opposite the slots i) in the sidewalls of the latter for the purpose of permitting of the application ofthe tying-bands.

VD D are two traversers working in the press-box on opposite sides ofthe partition C. These traversers are intended to be reciprocated by anywell-known or suitable form of power contrivance and to be given eithersimultaneous or alternate movements, as preferred.

E are the usual retainers arranged at the entrance to the bale-chamber.

The operation of the press is as follows: Charges of hay or othermaterial to be baled arefed into the feed opening or hopper of Now it isthe object of my present invention to provide still another way ofsecuring roo are bythe. latter forced into the bale-chamber past theretainers, where, by reason of the frictional resistance offered by thewalls of the partition C, they are supported on the inner edges aseectually as upon their outer edges and are prevented from bulging backwhen the pressure of the traversers is removed. lVhen a suficientnumberof charges has been forced into the bale-chamber to form a bale, thecolumn of pressed material is tied off, the ties being passed throughthe slots in the side walls of the press and in the partition in theusual manner. The tied bales are ejected through the end of the press bythe forming-bale, as ordinarily. The frictional resistance of thepartition is greatly increased by corrugating it, as shown in Fig. 2, orby notching it, as shown in Fig. 3, and for the baling of straw or otherlike materials I prefer that either one or the other of these forms ofpartitions be adopted; but for the bali'ng ordinary hay a plainpartition answers well.

It is not essential that the partition should extend from top to bottomof the press, as shown in Fig. 1, as comparatively narrow friction ribsor projections such as shown in Fig. 4 placed at top and bottom willanswer. Nor is it essential that the partition, of whatever form, shouldextend entirely through thebalechamber to the discharge end, as it mayterminate short of said discharge end, it only being necessary thatenough of the partition shall extend into the bale-chamber to give the fdesired central support.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new isoperation ofthe traversers is centrally supported by frictional contact with thepartition and the ties are enabled to be applied to both parts of saidcolumn, so as to divide the column transversely into bales,substantially as described.

2. In a baling-press, the combination, with a press-box andbale-chamber, of a partition having uneven surfaces extendingthrough thepress-box and into the bale-chamber and slotted to permit the passage ofthe ties around both parts of the column of pressed material, and twotraversers operating on opposite sides of said partition, substantiallyas described.

3. In a baling-press, the combination, with a press-box andbale-chamber, of a corrugated partition extending through both press-boxand bale-chamber and slotted to permit the vpassage of the ties aroundboth parts of the column of pressed material, and twotraversersoperating on opposite sides of' said partition, substantially asdescribed, and for the purpose specified.

- PETER K. DE'DERICK. Witnesses:

W. A. SKINKLE,

CYRUs R. DEDERICK.

